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I’m a mechanical engineer, and I often have to do a double thumbs up with my hands like b_d. It’s the only way I can remember what comes first in the alphabet. In danish you spell boat båd, and if you mess up the order the b and d will be on the outside of the boat and drown, like dåb. Still works 20 years later

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UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Do you have dyslexia or something like that by chance? I don’t think I’ve met anyone who gets confused between b and d. (No offense, I’m just intrigued)

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- kamills@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I don’t have dyslexia. But I did only learn how to read and write in 5th grade.
  
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bricklove@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I still have to mentally sing the alphabet song to double check I got the order right.

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- grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Am librarian and can confirm: we all do this. It mostly comes up when shelving or retrieving books.
  
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